Feeling hot under the collar?
Glaciers and polar ice are melting, ocean levels are rising, hot dry weather, huge forest fires, water restrictions, crop failure. We need an alternate energy source other than carbon emissions. Unlike, global warming and climate change are facts of life now. According to the International Panel on Climate Change and many scientists. Alternate energy sources are a must for today’s living.Huge problems beyond our control
You probably live in a city where half of the Earth’s citizens live and take much for granted. Because in city living we are far removed from natural processes that deliver our food, clothing and energy.In the City
Even in the city you are not immune from climate change. Besides, the 15,000 mostly elderly people that died in Paris alone in the sizzling heat of 2003. In addition, the many killed in New Orleans at the ‘hands’ of cyclone Katrina. Alternate energy sources should be a consideration. Or perhaps that there will be some miraculous scientific break-through. The ultimate stem cell technology maybe the clone new home for us!
Enjoy Life
Seriously, for many of us it is just all too hard. All we want in life is to live where we can raise our children to have a future. absolutely, a future of some predictability: of schooling, a job, a family, community, of achievements and an enjoyable life on a healthy planet Earth.
Reasonable Exceptions
Is this a fading dream, once a reasonable expectation. However, our world is changing. There are great challenges ahead and it is too late to stop global warming. Particularly, The Earth has changed and the processes it uses to regulate itself is adjusting itself. In addition, these changes will not suit human life as it is.But you are not powerless?
Each person alone can change the world, one by one. Let me explain. Yes, we desperately do need to switch to Alternate energy sources that do not make a greenhouse out of our home. But all the technology in the world will never be enough to survive and flourish.Alternate Energy
Alternate energy sources alone will not teach us to accept limits. Clearly, it’s unpredictable to lead a rewarding life. However, we have lived collectively, in our billions, for the last few hundred years. And it has gotten us to this point. Therefore, by changing what we do we can live through climate change as best as we might.Connection with others
These disabled people believe this:- Accept that all of us are fragile and vulnerable
- The world is full of limits. We need some of these to live well
- Vulnerability and dependence are an inevitable part of a whole life
- No-one is independent, but interdependent
- Connection with others is our lifeline and our well being
- Engage with others to build positive relationship, where you live, work and play
- Pay attention to other’s needs and that of the environment
- Take responsibility for the situation you’re in
- Care for others and the environment competently
- Be assertive and use your humor and creativity
Not all people with disabilities act in this way of course. And I’d be the last to portray people with disabilities as heroes. Therefore, We’re just people – trying to get on. You try to talk to that elderly woman in your street. Offer a hand when someone needs it. Doing such small things will connect you with others and your environment. And do also use the ‘regular’ alternate energy sources, and recycle too. You can change your local world by acting in these ways.
